Top 10 Yoga Studios In Joburg

Yoga is an amazing activity to take part in. The benefits are endless and range from boosting your immunity and helping you sleep better to increasing your flexibility and more. Read all about the benefits of yoga here.

Go Yoga

Go Yoga is a fantastic Bikram yoga studio in Illovo. Bikram yoga is all about repeating the same 26 postures in every class, which means that you will be able to notice improvements in your posture, flexibility and strength. Go Yoga is not solely a Bikram studio and offers other forms of yoga including Forrest, Iyengar, Restorative and even kiddies classes. Beginners are encouraged to purchase the first Timer Special packages, which entitles you to 10 consecutive days of yoga, in which you can take as many classes as you want! It’s a great way to get started.

Living Yoga is a studio in Craighall that specialises in Jivamukti, which is a type of yoga created by Sharon Gannon and David Life. Living Yoga hosts a range of events, including meditation and sutra lectures and workshops. They offer air yoga classes as well as kiddies yoga. Living Yoga also offers teacher training, should you wish to take your practice to the next step and become a yoga instructor.

Yoga Warrior is a yoga studio in the Rosebank area. They offer classes specifically for cyclists and persons who are seeking enhanced sports performance. It also really helps with overall fitness levels. Other types of yoga on offer include Fundamental Yoga Flow, Forrest Yoga and even Mommy and Baby yoga classes – something for everyone.

Zen Hot Yoga, which was based in Rivonia, is moving to Bryanston. Here, they offer all sorts of yoga – from Hot26 to Flow classes. They even host meditation classes for those who want to achieve peace of mind, de-stress, focus and relax. They offer a beginners’ special here, where you will get you 10 consecutive days of yoga for R250… this is the perfect way to jump start your yoga journey.

Movement X is a private gym that has a few branches in Joburg. They offer all sorts of classes, such as high intensity interval and barre classes. They also offer yoga, which they call fleX, which is run by a range of instructors, each with their own style and unique way of teaching. Relax, increase your flexibility, improve strength and tone.

On the Fourways side of life is Bikram Yoga Fourways. This studio specialises in Bikram yoga, which is practiced in a room that’s heated to 40 degrees Celsius. Benefits of Bikram include stress relief, strengthening and toning of muscles and restoring natural health. This studio also offers a beginners’ special, which costs R220 for 10 consecutive days or R650 for 30 consecutive days – so nothing’s stopping you from getting starting!

Yoga Works is the company behind many yoga events that take place throughout Joburg. They run Yoga in the Park as well as stand up paddle (SUP) yoga, both at Emmarentia Dam. Yoga Works also runs yoga events on rooftops, sometimes with DJs to get the vibe going. They even offer retreats and corporate programmes (great team building idea!).

Vertical Vixen is an aerial yoga studio, which is basically yoga that merges principles with Pilates, aerial arts and strength training to bring you a super-challenging but fun workout. Slings that hang from the ceiling support your body through various movements and help you get into positions you wouldn’t necessarily be able to without help. Benefits of this type of yoga include decompression of joints and spine, increasing upper body strength and tone, core strengthening and more!

Various classes are offered at the Sivananda School of Yoga, including Hatha and Satsang. Other offerings include inspirational counselling, spiritual healing, group meditation, yoga nidra and mantra repetition. The studio itself is located in a stunning Parkview garden.

Yoga Lova is a small boutique yoga studio in Illovo. Here, they offer Hatha Vinyasa classes for people of all levels – beginner to expert – and beginners can take comfort in the fact that they will be integrated into classes comfortably. Private classes are also available should you prefer a one-on-one session.

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Probably more than any other Joburg studio, Yoga Warrior also provides a comfortable home for beginners with regular short courses over weekends and fundamentals classes during the week. Many Joburg yogis started their yoga lives here.

Definitely one of the best yoga studios in JHB, that should be included on this list, is The Yoga Republic in Fontainebleau, Randburg. They offer various types of yoga, including Hot 26, in their beautiful eco-friendly space! Love this studio!